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Sixteen volumes containing transcripts and extracts in the hand of Dr E. A. Lewis of record material, mainly in the Public Record Office and the British Museum, relating to Carmarthen, Carreg Cennen, Kidwelly, Dryslwyn, Dynevor, Llandovery, Llanstephan, Laugharne and Newcastle Emlyn castles, towns and lordships, Carmarthen priory and Talley abbey.

Eleven volumes of music manuscripts of the harpist Thomas David Llewelyn (Llewelyn Alaw), Aberdare. The former NLW MS 328D has been added to NLW MS 337D and is now pp. 320-353 of that manuscript.

A collection of Welsh songs and ballads written, 1736-1755, by David Jones (Dewi Fardd) of Trefriw. Many of the songs were afterwards printed by David Jones in Blodeugerdd Cymru (1759; second edn 1779). A modern index to the poets has been inserted at p. v.

A catalogue of manuscripts in the library of the late Taliesin Williams (Ab Iolo), some of which are now at Llanover.

A collection of inscriptions and notes by John Rowland (Giraldus), 19 cent., in pencil, from churches in Pembrokeshire.

A collection of inscriptions, copied by John Rowland (Giraldus), from churches in Carmarthenshire and Glamorgan. Some of the inscriptions were included in John Rowland's book Historical Notes of the Counties of Glamorgan, Carmarthen and Cardigan, &c. (Cardiff, 1866).

A collection of poetry, in Welsh, copied by John Rowlands for Sir Thomas Phillipps from Cardiff MS 13 (formerly Phillipps MS 2586).

A collection of poetry, in Welsh, 19 cent., copied, very inaccurately, by John Rowlands for Sir Thomas Phillipps. The original of this manuscript is Cardiff MS II, vol. ii, though pp. 23-35 of the Cardiff MS are omitted in this volume.

A volume containing a collection of inscriptions from mural tablets and gravestones in Glamorgan churches.

A poem, 19 cent., by Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick, entitled Syr Owain, in which the scene is set in Wales at the beginning of the 12th century.

A volume, compiled c. 1774, containing an account of the family of Morris of Piercefield in Monmouthshire and of their connections in the West Indies and in the United States. Also included are additions of a later date.

An apparently unpublished work, in two volumes, c. 1846, by William Robinson, documenting the history of Britain 'from the first traditional beginning' and including accounts of the Saxons, Phoenicians, Greeks and Romans. Both volumes contain numerous original drawings and a map of Europe. With NLW MS 91B.

A volume containing genealogies of Glamorgan families, written, 1677-1678, in the same hand as NLW MS 7A. Includes lists (pp. 270-85) of the manors belonging to the Earl of Pembroke, Marquis of Worcester, Earl of Leicester, Lord Bolingbroke, Carne family, Sir J. Stradling, Sir William Herbert, Sir John Aubrey, Sir Edward Lewis of Van, Sir Francis Popham and Sir Richard Basset.

A concordance of the Welsh Bible, in the hand of the Reverend Robert Roberts, up to the end of I Samuel, chap. 18.

The autobiography of the Reverend Robert Roberts (1834-1885), which was printed in the Welsh Outlook, June 1914 et seq.

A volume, in the hand of the Reverend Robert Roberts (see NLW MS 88C), containing school notes (pp. 1-9, 33-45), extracts from the Camb. Arch. Journal (p. 10) and from Harl. MS 128 (pp. 11-15), testimonials relating to Robert Roberts (pp. 16-18), pedigrees of the families of Llwydiarth and Bachymbyd (p. 19), of Glascoed, Emral (p. 20), of Cerniogau, Llwyn Ynn and Foxhall (p. 21), of Plasyward, Llannerch and Wynnstay (p. 22), of Penybont and Boras (p. 23), of Hafodunos and Teirdan (p. 24), of Chirk, Llanbedr and Plasyward (p. 25), of Penmynydd (p. 26) and of FitzHamon (p. 27), a list of earls and barons of Chester (p. 28), a list of Welsh poets in alphabetical order (pp. 29-33), and sheriffs of Denbighshire, 1541-1651, with genealogical notes (p. 49). Two draft letters, probably intended for Sir J. Rhys, have been inserted into the volume.

A volume containing a collection of hymn tunes, with accompaniments arranged for the organ.

A volume of sermons, in Welsh, preached at Llanddowror and Llandeilo between 11 November 1753 and 22 October 1758. The sermons were probably preached by the Rev. Griffith Jones; parts of the volume are in the hand of the Rev. Thomas Evans, later curate of Llanddowror.

A volume, 19 cent., probably in the hand of William Probert, containing an analysis of Hebrew grammar.